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POLITICAL HEFT The Malaysian civil service, which is more than 85 per cent dominated by the country’s majority ethnic Malay…

Richa Garg, a doctor who was part of the protests Friday in New Delhi, said she no longer felt safe…

MUMBAI: Indian medical professionals started a 24-hour shutdown of non-emergency services across the country on Saturday (Aug 17) in protest…

NEW DELHI: Torrential storms lashing India and Nepal have killed hundreds of people since June, official data showed on Tuesday (Aug…

Temasek-backed Sembcorp Industries on Monday (Aug 12) temporarily suspended operations at its Sembcorp Myingyan Independent Power Plant in Mandalay, Myanmar. The…

MUMBAI: Anger over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in eastern India showed no signs of dying down…

SELANGOR: Forty-one Palestinian civilians who suffered various injuries in the war in Gaza were flown to Malaysia on Friday (Aug 16)…

ANOTHER APOLOGY Dressed in a black outfit of the Betawi people – a group native to Jakarta – for his…

HOSTILE CLIMATE The fall of Srettha after less than a year in office will be a stark reminder of the…

ENERGY, YOUTH Known in Thailand by her nickname Ung Ing, Paetongtarn is the youngest child of Thaksin, a policeman turned telecoms…

BANGKOK: Political newcomer Paetongtarn Shinawatra will bid to become Thailand’s youngest prime minister in a crunch parliamentary vote on Friday…

Hasina’s son and former government adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy had alleged that unidentified foreign forces supported the protests, a claim…